The encampments at night were as before; some sleeping under tents, and others bivouacking in the open air.

The Canadians proved as patient of toll and hardship on the land as on the water; indeed, nothing could surpass the patience and good-humor of these men upon the march.

They were the cheerful drudges of the party, loading and unloading the horses, pitching the tents, making the fires, cooking; in short, performing all those household and menial offices which the Indians usually assign to the squaws; and, like the squaws, they left all the hunting and fighting to others.

A Canadian has but little affection for the exercise of the rifle.
The progress of the party was but slow for the first few days.

Some of the men were indisposed; Mr.Crooks, especially, was so unwell that he could not keep on his horse.